In a milestone in the educational partnership between India and the United States, the Department of State is pleased to announce the eight institutional partnership projects below for the first Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards. The goal of the initiative is to further strengthen, through faculty exchanges, joint research, and other collaboration, partnerships between American and Indian institutions of higher education in priority fields, including food security, climate change, sustainable energy, and public health. Each project will receive an award of approximately $250,000 that can be utilized over the three-year grant period to encourage mutual understanding, educational reform, and economic growth, as well as the development of junior faculty.
U.S.-led Partnerships:
Rutgers, The State
University of New
Jersey
Project Title: Capitalizing on the Demographic Dividend: Enhancing
Talent Development Capacity for India and the U.S. in the 21st Century
Partner
Institution: Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
University of Montana
Project Title: Impacts of Climate Change and Changes in
Socio-Economic Structure on Traditional Agriculture and the Development of
Sustainable Communities among Indigenous Populations
Partner
Institution: Bangalore
University
Cornell University
Project Title: Implementing Reformed Curriculum in Emerging areas of
Agriculture and Food Security in Two State Agricultural Universities of India
Partner
Institutions: University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut
University of Michigan
Project Title: The Joint Development of a Master’s Degree in
Education for Health Professions Faculty in the United States and India
Partner Institution: Maharashtra
University of the Health Sciences
Indian-led Partnerships:
Mahatma Gandhi University
Project Title: An Interdisciplinary and Community Oriented Approach
toward Sustainable Development
Partner
Institutions: Brown University, Duke University and Plymouth State University
Banaras
Hindu University
Project Title: Paradigm Shift in Energy Scenario for the 21st
Century toward Renewable Energy Sources required for both India and the U.S.
Partner
Institution: University
of Pittsburgh
Indian Institute
of Technology, Kanpur
Project Title: International Program for Sustainable Infrastructure
Development
Partner Institution:
Virginia Tech University
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Project Title: Resource Building for Ecosystem and Human Health Risk Assessment with
Special reference to Microbial Contamination
Partner
Institution: Drexel University
Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh and President Barack Obama announced the Obama-Singh Initiative in
November 2009 as an affirmation of their commitment to building an enhanced
India-U.S. partnership in education. Each government pledged $5 million
for this endeavor, for a total of $10 million.
To implement this
initiative, the Governments of India and the United States established a bi-national Obama-Singh Initiative
joint working group (JWG). The JWG provides the final approval for all grants awarded through the
Obama-Singh Initiative. The JWG will allocate the $10 million over the course of a five year period
awarding 8 to 10 university partnership grants annually.
The next request for
proposals for the Obama-Singh Initiative grants will be announced in July
2012. Details will be available at www.usief.org.in/OSI and www.ugc.ac.in/more/obamasingh.
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